Slight increase to caster starting MP


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Tartarus Sorceror

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Post Monday, 10th July 2017, 21:47

Slight increase to caster starting MP

FR: Give caster characters one or two more points of starting MP. This would make wiffing on spells at XL:1 much less painful

Per learndb, the current MMP formula is: min(23, XL) + skill + min(4, min(XL, skill) / 2)

That weird last term means an extra point of MMP when both Spellcasting skill and XL reach the following breakpoints: 2,4,6,8.


I suggest changing the formula to: min(25, XL) + skill + min(2, skill/2)

This would greatly speed up the first two "extra" points, but push the last two to XL 24 and XL25.


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skill = max(Spellcasting, Evo/2, Invo/2). This is probably an extremely tiny nerf to non-casters characters who care about MP from invocations or evocations

Tartarus Sorceror

Posts: 1739

Joined: Tuesday, 13th March 2012, 02:48

Post Tuesday, 11th July 2017, 07:24

Re: Slight increase to caster starting MP

TLDR on this suggestion:

Currently most races with caster starts will begin the game with 3 max mana and then increase to 5 max mana at XL:2. I would like them to start with 4 mana and then increase to the same 5 max mana at XL 2.

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